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Daniel “Kaz”

Kasmierski

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National Defense

Industrial Association

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Outline

• Our Mission

• Global Security Challenges

• Security Focused Vision

• Building Security Capacity

• S&T Requirements / Focus Areas

• Summary

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U.S. Africa Command Mission Statement

United States Africa Command,

in concert with other U.S. Government agencies and

international partners, conducts sustained security

engagementthrough military-to-military

programs, military-sponsored activities, and other military

operations as directed to promote a stable and

secure African environmentin support of U.S. foreign

policy.

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Bottom Line Up Front -- Why U.S. Africa Command?

• Provides dedicated focus on Africa– Single geographic combatant command

responsible for all Department of Defense programs and activities in Africa

– Continent, island nations, maritime zones, and airspace

• Supports U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives

• Protect American lives and interests in Africa and in the homeland– Performs military-to military activities

that help build capacity of African partners to counter transnational threats

– Foster increased security and stability

– Support peacekeeping operations

– Address consequences of humanitarian disasters

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African Problems are Global Security Challenges

• Piracy

• Trafficking

• Irregular Militaries

• Terrorism & Extremism

• Ethnic Strife

• Undergoverned Areas

• Pilferation of Resources (e.g., Illegal Fishing)

• Pandemic Disease – HIV/AIDS

• Insufficient Means to Confront Challenges

• Dependence on Foreign Assistance

11.7 million square miles3-1/2 times the Continental United States

1 Billion peopleOver 800 ethnic groups and 1000 languages

LargeDiverse

Complex

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Build Operational Capacity

A Security-Focused Vision for Africa

Expressed By Our African Partners

Capable and accountable military forces

Able to support international peace efforts

Ability to dissuade, deter and defeat threats

Strengthened security institutions

How We Can Help?

Build Institutional Capacity

Build Human Capital

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Building Security Capacity (1 of 3)

Growing Maritime Security Capacity: Africa Partnership

Station (APS)

Helping Secure Territorial Waters: Africa Maritime Law

Enforcement Program (AMLEP)

Increasing Regional Response Capacity:

NATURAL FIRE

Supporting Partner Counter Terrorism Efforts:OEF-Trans Sahara

Building RegionalPartnerships:FLINTLOCK

Training Peacekeepers:Africa Contingency Operations Training

and Assistance (ACOTA)

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Building Security Capacity (2 of 3)

Building Institutions:Inspector General, Legal,

Chaplaincy, and others

Conducting Defense Sector Reform (DSR): Liberia

PromotingInteroperability:

AFRICA ENDEAVOR

Training and Professionalizing: Democratic Republic of Congo

Light Infantry Battalion

Engaging in Dialogue: Academic Symposia and Other

Partnership Forums

Developing Lasting Relationships: State

Partnership Program (SPP)

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Building Security Capacity (3 of 3)

Building Strong NCO Corps:NCO Professional

Development

Rendering Former Battlefields Safe for Use: Humanitarian

Mine Awareness

Improving Control of theSeas: Maritime Domain

Awareness (RMAC)

Military Intelligence (MI) Education: MI Basic Officer

Course-Africa

Constructing a Network: Comms for AU Peace and

Security Commission

Building Sustainment Capability: Adaptive

Logistics Network

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S&T Requirements Development

S&T Requirements derived from:• Africa Command Theater Strategic Objectives

• Integrated Priority List

• Theater and Regional Campaign Plans

S&T focus areas: (Feb 2010) • Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance (ISR)

• Socio-Cultural Dynamics

• Joint Personnel Recovery

• Maritime Domain Awareness

• Medical Security

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S&T Focus Area: Socio-Cultural Dynamics

• Processing and Exploitation of Large Unstructured Data Sets

• Cross Domain Solutions

• Deployable social science research capability with reach back

• Advance Geospatial Visualization

• Automated translation of languages in use on the African continent (French, Swahili, Arabic, Aramaic, Portuguese, Somali)

Requirement: Improved understanding of the African Continent

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S&T Focus Area: Joint Personnel Recovery (JPR)

• Improved one-way messenger system that:– Is Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled, satellite

and Global system for Mobile Communications (GSM) based

– Provides continuous tracking of individual transmitters

– Has user activated Operational Functions

– Is non-descript and attachable to military and civilian clothing

– Has encrypted transmission

Requirement: Improve JPR on the Africa Continent

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S&T Focus Area: Maritime Domain Awareness

• Identify and distinguish between vessels of interest and legitimate traffic (automated anomaly detection)

• Establish and disseminate non-classified Common Operational Picture (COP) for coalition/partner operations– Cross security domain information transfer– Automated data fusion– Integration of commercial space based imagery (SAR, EO, IR) into

COP

• Operate from minimally staffed Maritime Operations Center Operations Center with minimal infrastructure

Requirement: Improved maritime domain levels ofawareness in support of Joint / Coalition / Partner effortsfor counter piracy, Weapons of Mass Destructionproliferation and other missions

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S&T Focus Area: Medical Security

•Medical Security - Infectious disease control•Support for disease surveillance data bases• Improve surveillance communication using Short

Message System (SMS) or voice messaging (cell phone based)

• Improved Laboratory Detection and Identification for emerging infectious diseases/agents

•Support to their Militaries across the spectrum of operations

Requirement: Enhance partner nation’s militaries indeveloping medical screening and surveillance,education and training, and treatment capacity forepidemics and epidemic prone diseases

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Summary

• Africa Command has identified focus areas for S&T

• Africa Command continues to research other areas requiring S&T support

• Initiatives must be focused on meeting Africa Command Theater Strategic Objectives

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Bi-Lateral AssistanceOfficers

Our Team

… and on the Continent

In Europe …

Stuttgart, GE; Molesworth, UK;and Tampa, FL

Includes ~30 personnel from 10 other US Government

agencies

USAFRICOM Headquarters

USARAF: Vicenza, IT

NAVAF: Naples, IT

AFAFRICA: Ramstein, GER

MARFORAF: Stuttgart, GER

SOCAFRICA: Stuttgart, GER

CJTF-HoA: Djibouti

Defense Attaches

Offices of SecurityCooperation

Liaison Officers to AU,ECOWAS, KAIPTC

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